When homeowners replace a working oil system, it can take five or ten years, if not longer, to get their money back in fuel savings.
当住户们替换掉一个燃油设备后，他们如果不用等更久的话，那么在五年或者七年时间里就能拿回因节约燃料而得到的补偿的钱。
And the business practices of England's lineal descendant, America, will have you in the office from nine in the morning to five in the evening, if not longer.
而英国人的直系后裔——美国公司的惯例会让你朝九晚五地呆在办公室里，甚至更长时间。
In contract recruitment the repayment window typically sits between 28 and 45 days, but in reality payment materialises between 45 and 60 days, if not longer.
在征聘合同中，支付期限约为28至45天，但在现实中支付期限可能会达到45至60天，甚至更长。
I had planned to retire this year, but I'll probably need to work another two or three years, if not longer, to recoup the losses that my retirement portfolio has taken recently.
我本打算今年退休，但也许还会再工作两三年。
If it had not been for a very lucky chance, he probably would have had to stay there longer.
如果不是因为一个非常幸运的机会，他可能会不得不在那里待得更久。
Grandfather, sometimes I felt as if I could not bear it any longer to be away from you!
爷爷，有时候我觉得我再也不能忍受离开你了！
"If we are not able to make her live longer, we can make her life wider," said Xu's father.
“如果我们不能延长她的生命，那我们可以让她的生命更加充实。”徐的父亲说。
For example, for many server applications it's not important if the server takes longer to start up: what's important is the run rate of transaction performance after startup.
例如，如果这个服务器要花费很长时间来启动，那么对于许多服务器应用软件来说就不重要：重要的启动之后事务性能的运行速率。
Even worse, if the drug lasts longer than the flight, you'll arrive drowsy at your destination-that's not good if you have to drive or negotiate local transportation home.
更糟糕的时，如果药效时间比飞行时间更长，你下飞机的时候会昏昏欲睡——如果还得开车或者坐车回家，就不太妙了。
If, during the widget lifecycle, some connections are not needed any longer, the implementer can manually disconnect them by calling the disconnect method to reduce the event handling.
如果，在小部件生命周期内一些连接已经不再需要，那么实现者就可以通过调用disconnect方法来手动断开这些连接以减少事件的处理。
What if Asia as an idea no longer exists not just for advertisers but for most of those who live within its supposed boundaries?
如果亚洲这个概念不但对那些广告商，而且也对绝大多数生活在其所谓边界内的人们都不再存在的话， 那会怎样呢？
And if it is, why? Arguably, the most important thing is that women who do not want to marry are no longer being forced to.
并且如果严重的话，原因是什么？具有争议的是，最关键的是，不想结婚的女性不再被迫非结婚不可。
Commands are often aliased so the user does not have to know a version number for the current command, but can access other versions by longer names if necessary.
对命令经常使用别名，因此用户不必知道当前命令的版本号，但必要时可以通过较长的名称访问其他版本。
Testers, for example, will not be happy if their automated scripts no longer work and testing has to be stopped until the problem is resolved.
例如，如果自动化脚本不能正常发挥作用，测试不能继续，如果不能使问题得到解决时，测试人员将会很不愉快。
If he is correct, it is the potential longer-term weakening of the dollar that is the real issue for the gold market, not inflation or deflation.
如果他的分析正确，那么真正对黄金市场产生影响的就是美元的长期走势，而非通货膨胀或通胀紧缩。
If not, the path to adjustment and stabilisation of American housing markets is sure grow ever longer, and ever more painful.
如果不能的话，美国房地产市场的调整和稳定之路必定更加漫长而痛苦。
Living longer, and retiring early, might not be a problem if the supply of workers were increasing.
如果劳动力的供应持续增长，提前退休似乎并不会成为什么问题。
It's important to envision a range of short - and longer-term future scenarios if you're not absolutely sure what your future direction will be.
如果你对你未来的方向不是绝对确定的话，设想一个从短期到长期的未来情景是很重要的。
For the tabloid, that was a useful mitigation in the court of public opinion, if not in law. No longer.
对于《世界新闻报》来说，这将有力的缓和公众舆论所施加的压力，可在法庭上就行不通了。
And even if borrowing levels are rising in the longer term, Banks' role in supplying that credit is not assured.
即使从长期来看，借贷会增加，但并不总是银行在借贷中的发挥作用。
But, if no problems were found and the standby BOS is not necessary any longer, it can be removed by issuing the command shown in Listing 19.
但是，如果更新过程没有出现问题，而且备用BOS不再需要了，那么它可以通过清单19的命令删除。
If more countries share the scepticism, the new facility may not be much longer lived or widely used than the one it replaces.
如果更多的国家也存有这种怀疑，这项新的贷款方式可能不会比其所取代的贷款方式存活得更长久，或者使用的更广泛。
But if the chance of building two co-existing states is not to fade, the Obama plan cannot be delayed much longer.
但是，如果与成立两个共存国家的机会擦肩而过，那么奥巴马的计划要被推迟很久。
Some declared, that, if Mr. Dimmesdale were really going to die, it was cause enough, that the world was not worthy to be any longer trodden by his feet.
还有人宣称，如果丁梅斯代尔先生当真要死，无非是因为这个世界不配他的脚再在上面踩踏。
For Westlands farmers, the promise of the solar project is not clean electricity, but the additional water allocations they will get if some land is no longer used for farming.
对于威斯·兰德的农民们，太阳能工程不仅会带来清洁电能，而且由于耕地的减少会带来更多的供水配额。
For Westlands farmers, the promise of the solar project is not clean electricity, but the additional water allocations they will get if some land is no longer used for farming.
对于威斯·兰德的农民们，太阳能工程不仅会带来清洁电能，而且由于耕地的减少会带来更多的供水配额。
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